Churn



(No Model.)

- A. RICHTER.

GHURN.

No. 487,870. Patented Dec. 13, 1892.

. the buttermilk from the butter.

ITATES DNrTE ALEXANDER RICHTER, OF IIOLLYROOD, KANSAS.

C HURN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 487.870, dated December13,1892.

I Application filed'IEebruary 23, 1892. Serial No. 422,498. (No model.)

To d5; whom it may concern:

-Be it known that l, ALEXANDER RICHTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hollyrood, in the county of Ellsworth, State of Kansas,have' invented' certain new and useful'lmprovements in RockingOh'u'rn's, of which the followingis a specification,reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in churnsof that class known as rocking churns; and it has for its objects, amongothers, to provide an improved churn of this class in which provision ismade against splashing of the cream through the cover when the churn isin operation. For this purpose I form the churn-body with a raisedportion, preferably at the center, into which the cover-flange fits.

It has for a further object to so arrange a spring that it will aid thelightest side to return the churn to its normal position, the tendencyof the spring being to at all times keep the churn-body in a horizontalposition.

Another object is to provide a churn with a butter-maker andbutter-worker removably held within the churn-body and which are soconstructed as to. most effectually and rapidly separate the butter fromthe milk and The buttermaker is of novel construction.

I aim, also, at improvements in the general details of construction ofthe churn and its several parts.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved churn, with a portion broken away to better disclose theinterior construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through thesame. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the buttermaker removed. Fig. 4 isa like view of the butter-worker.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates thebody of the churn,

which may be of any required capacity, and should be provided with asuitable outlet, as at a. It should also be provided with suitablehandles, which may be located at any desired point. I have shown twoforms of handles A and A The churn may be provided with either or both.

The churn-body has a raised portion A at itslongitudinal center upon thetop, which may extend any desired distance, and Within which is designedto fit the flange b of the cover B, as seen in Fig. 2. This constructionprevents slopping or splashing out of the cream or milk as thechurn-body is'rocked, which would occur if the cover fitted flush intoan opening in the top of the body on a level with the top. The covershould be provided with suitable knob or handle b by which it may bemanipulated. I

The churn-body maybe supported for rocking in two ways in Fig. 2, and inFig. 1 by full lines I have shown one way, which is as follows: The bodyis provided upon each side with a projecting pin or pintle 0 designed torest in suitable bearings in the upper ends of the uprights O, whichmaybe supported from the floor, or may be, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,supported by the frame D. The churn-body may be rocked on these pivotsby operating it by either sets of handles; or, the body may be rocked onaframe E, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) the sides of the body beingprovided with the curved flanges E, designed to rest upon the upperfaces of the side bars of the said frame, as shown in Fig. 1. Iprovidethe churn with both the pins and flanges, so as to adapt it for supportin either way preferred.

When the body is to be rocked upon the frame E, the frame D is of courseremoved and said frame E substituted in its place. When the churn issupported upon the pintles in the slots of the uprights O, the flanges Eserve to prevent the churn from moving laterally, and thus guiding thechurn to keep it true in its rocking movement. The frames D and E arenever used together, but they may be used as desired.

F is a spring attached centrally to the under side of the bottom of thechurn-body and its other end suitably heldas, for instance, by beingconnected to a suitable support, as

a cross-bar O on the frame 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This spring hasthe tendency to atall times keep the body in a horizontal position, andwhen the body is rocked it always aids the lightest part to return thebody to its normal position. It is important.

G is the butter-maker. It consists of a suitable rectangular framework,between the upper and lower horizontal portions of which are held thevertical blades G, which are arranged angularly at about a right angleto each other, leaving a contracted space between each two blades, asseen in Fig. 3, through which the cream is designed to pass as it comesin contact with the blades. The object of such a construction ofbutter-maker is that the cream will thus be crowded at the same time itdashes against the blades and forces itself through between the same andislthen dashed against the other end of the C urn.

H is the butter-worker. It consists of a rectangular frame, between theupper and lower horizontal bars of which are held the vertical bars h,arranged a considerable distance apart, and preferably made ofcomparatively-thin material, so as to cut the butter as p it is dashedagainst them.

The churn-body is provided at its longitudinal center upon the innerfaces of the sides with suitable guide-strips I, as seen best in Fig. 1,for the reception of the butter-worker and butter-maker, which areremovably held therein, and which may be replaced one for the other, asmay be desired.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the annexed drawings, and a detaileddescription thereof is not deemed necessary. 1

What I claim as new is- The combination, with a supporting-framehavingoppositely-disposed uprightswith open bearings for the support ofthe pintles of the churn, of a churn-body having centrally-disposedpintles resting in said bearings and beneath said pintles provided withcurved flanges on the sides of the churn and adapted to serve as guidesin connection with said uprights to prevent wabbling of the Churn,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER RICHTER. Witnesses:

J. W. BAKER, W. D. SWING.

